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Teams listed in order of difficulty: Mizzou will almost certainly beat SEMO, N Texas, and Vandy. They will be heavily favored and should win vs CMU and SCAR. Mizzou will be favored vs Tenn, but Tenn, like Florida, has a LARGE range of how good they could be this year. I'd expect Missouri to win, but wouldn't necessarily be surprised if they lost. BC, then Arkansas, then Kentucky are toss-ups. I expect UK to be favored by less than a touchdown in week 2. Florida, as mentioned above, could be great or mediocre. Expect a loss here for Missouri, but wouldn't be surprised if Mizzou took this one in Columbia. Expect a loss vs. A&M, but it might be closer than some expect Georgia will almost certainly beat Mizzou 5-7 is the floor. 7-5 if they take half of the toss-ups + Tenn. 9-3 ceiling if Florida drops a stinker in Columbia and Mizzou beats 2/3 of UK, BC, and Arkansas

The Big 10 would have been Missouri's first choice 10 years ago. Now there's no way they'd dip from what amounts to college football's G-league.

Texas is the reason the SWC and Big XII failed. They are a cancer

It's the TV footprint that matters. Mizzou is more valuable (stl and KC) than Arkansas, Kentucky, or the Mississippi schools. Doesn't matter anyway; no one is leaving

I'm 37 and too young to remember Georgia's last natty

Saban is the most prolific coach in NCAA history. Of course he's the best coach in the SEC year in and year out. No doubt about it. However, he's not going to win this award every year because that's boring. "Coach of the Year" could honestly be renamed to "most improved" or "team that most out-performed expectations" W/R/T replacing talent, Saban still has 7 5-stars and 45 4-stars on the roster. It's a talent pool so deep, it doesn't even compare to the challenges that other schools/coaches (even elite ones like LSU) face when a talent heavy class graduates or declares.

They won't be favored @LSU. I was more mentioning their hardest games that they /should/ win.

Most delusional and over-inflated fandom? Vols Nation would like a word. I don't expect Florida to beat Georgia or Bama this year. And they have Kentucky and Mizzou on the road. Florida will be favored for those, but they will likely be tough games. They should clean up the rest of their schedule. 8-4 will be good enough for a top 25 finish, worse comes to worst

For Treylon's sake, let's hope all the defenses KJ Jefferson sees are as bad as Missouri's in 2020.

Who is going to throw to Burks?

From your lips to god's ears

Mizzou probably isn't quite there yet. Drinkwitz is recruiting at a level never before seen in Missouri, but it takes time to stack those kind of classes and develop that talent. Most fan expectations live between 7-5 and 9-3 for the 2021 season. I think most Mizzou fans would be thrilled taking 2 of 3 from Tenn, Arky, and Kentucky and keeping the A&M, Florida, and Georgia games competitive.

Arkansas is 1-7 in the last 8 games between these two teams????